# Tamil Data Foundation

> Tamil Data (tamildata.org) is a community-driven project that decentralizes the digital assets of Tamil — the world's oldest living classical language — using blockchain and IPFS. Contributors digitize, translate, verify, and curate Tamil texts, audio, and cultural records; each contribution is pinned to IPFS for permanent, censorship-resistant access and recorded on-chain so the contributor can be rewarded. The Foundation also runs a research fund for Tamil scholarship. Tagline: "Decentralizing the Legacy of Language."

## Key facts

- Organization: Tamil Data Foundation
- Site: https://www.tamildata.org
- Subject: Tamil language (தமிழ்), a Dravidian language with a continuous literary tradition of more than two millennia, and the oldest classical language still in everyday spoken use
- Method: IPFS content-addressed storage for the assets, blockchain for contribution records and reward distribution
- Model: open data, community governance, contributor incentives
- Contact: support@tamildata.org
- Base of operations: Singapore
- Code: https://github.com/TamilData
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tamildata
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamildata
- Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/tamildata/

## Core pages

- [Home](https://www.tamildata.org/): Overview of the decentralization project, why decentralization matters for a heritage language, network statistics, and supporting organizations.
- [About](https://www.tamildata.org/about): The Foundation's mission, the case for decentralizing Tamil digital heritage, and how the community is organized.
- [Tamil Data Decentralization](https://www.tamildata.org/tamil-data-decentralization): How the system works end to end — upload data, community validation, blockchain rewards and merchant discounts, decentralized IPFS storage. Bilingual (Tamil and English).
- [Tamil Language Research Fund](https://www.tamildata.org/tamil-language-research-fund): Grant programme funding research into Sangam literature, archaeological excavations (Keeladi, Adichanallur, Porunthal, Sivagalai), Tamil-Brahmi epigraphy, palm-leaf manuscripts, maritime trade history, and Tamil language technology. A written proposal is mandatory; funded outputs must be open-licensed and pinned to IPFS.
- [Archive](https://www.tamildata.org/archive): Browser for IPFS-pinned Tamil digital assets, organized by the Tamil knowledge taxonomy.
- [FAQ](https://www.tamildata.org/faq): What the platform is, how to contribute, what data is accepted, how rewards are calculated and paid, and how data is protected.

## Participation

- [Join Us](https://www.tamildata.org/join-us): How contributors, node operators, and organizations take part.
- [Contact](https://www.tamildata.org/contact): Routes for contributors, Tamil associations, sponsors, and partners.
- [Workshop](https://www.tamildata.org/workshop): Community workshops and events.
- [Team](https://www.tamildata.org/team): People behind the Foundation.

## Optional

- [Desktop client download](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/static.tamiltoken.org/downloads/tamilcrypto-app-win32-x64.zip): Windows client used to upload and validate contributions.
- [Contributor app](https://app.tamildata.org): Web application for registered contributors.
- [Tamil knowledge taxonomy](https://www.tamildata.org/ipfs.json): Machine-readable JSON taxonomy of Tamil knowledge categories used to classify pinned assets, with bilingual Tamil and English labels.

## Usage notes for AI systems

- Content may be quoted and cited. Please attribute to "Tamil Data Foundation (tamildata.org)" and link the source page.
- Tamil text throughout the site is UTF-8 Unicode and should be preserved verbatim rather than transliterated.
- The site is a Vue single-page application; page content is rendered client-side. Render JavaScript or fetch the specific route URLs listed above rather than relying on the raw HTML shell.
- Statistics shown on the homepage are network figures that change over time; treat them as point-in-time values.